Side by Side Comparison of: Mosquito Dunks vs Mosquito Magnet

Works well. I use the bits with the doughnuts and a skeetervac. Using all three really does the trick. I can enjoy the back yard.

I was having mosquito problems in our backyard. I have a cascading river like pond with rocks all around the trim and inside the pond. The water flows but at some parts there seems to be standing water. I put a few Bits in and it made a difference. Less mosquitoes and it did no harm to my Koi fish.

The running joke in my state in the summer is that the mosquito is the state bird. If you have standing water and live where there's mosquitos you should try this. I've used their Dunks the past few years and I'm not swarmed by mosquitos when I step outside. I'm confident this style will be just as effective and easier to apply. Just remember to reapply after a rain.

I don't have any standing water but what I do have is potted plants out on my patio. They're well drained and they are elevated up off the concrete but I still get mosquitoes and this stuff does the trick. I just sprinkle some on top of the potted plants and the mosquitoes disappear within 24 hours. I treat every month from May to October to keep them at bay.

I've only used two mosquito products for pools, ponds, water barrels or bird baths that are environmentally safe. One is Mosquito Dunks, and the other is Mosquito Torpedo. Both are very effective, especially during West Nile Virus season. The Dunks are bits, while the torpedos are thumb-size, coming six to a pack. You definitely get more bang for the buck with the dunks, although both perform the same and I have nothing bad to say about either. The one other thing in the Dunks' favor is for use in bird baths or small water containers where an entire torpedo would simply be too big and a waste of money. I guess you could cut them up. But the Mosquito Dunks did exactly what they said they would do, and did it safely and economically. Neither product harmed my fish nor the birds, or any other animal or plant life (except mosquitos). While neither product is particularly inexpensive, being able to buy Mosquito Dunks on Amazon was a money-saver, even with the shipping cost, and I will continue to purchase them.

You can get picked up and carried away by the mosquitoes on my property. THEY GET BAD! But we have a 1/2 acre fish pond so I thought it was just going to be a fact of life. Ponds = blood suckers in the summer.UNTIL we found this stuff.I sprinkled some in the pond and started noticing within a few days that mosquitoes couldnt pick up and carry off the dog anymore... after a week, they are almost gone. Sure theres the occasional one or two buzzing around sticking their tongues out at us as they fly by... but I can actually go out and enjoy my garden for a change without taking a bath in DEET first.Very Very VERY pleased with this stuff and I will be buying more every season.Now maybe my neighbors will talk to me and stop contemplating bulldozing my pond over when Im out of town! Ha!To those that put a little around their yard and still find mosquitoes in their face, Im going to suggest that you are not finding the source of where they are coming from. This stuff isnt a "magic force field"...06/01/2013 UPDATE: I still use Mosquito Bits every season and Im STILL VERY VERY pleased with this product. My garden has proudly been certified a National Wildlife Habitat and every life form that uses my pond THRIVES. I allow my dog to drink from the pond with no worries. He has never shown any effect whatsoever. The fish, frogs, tadpoles, raccoons, squirrels, bunnies make their home here and all are welcome... except for the mosquitos. ;0)03/18/2016 UPDATE:Not one season has gone by without using these marvellous little mosquito bits. They really do make a difference. It's the difference of wearing shorts and tank to water my flowers or a full length space suit drenched in citronella. I still might end the day with a bite. But that's far from calling this product a failure by any means. Patience and due diligence, dear reader. You must put forth effort to gain effective results.I have found they need to be sprinkled every 6-8 weeks maybe less, maybe more depending on the weather. Wet weather brings more puddles in the yard so I don't always catch them in time and let's face it, you'll never get every single mosquito unless you have a nuclear bomb handy. But last year I procrastinated and was late with my fist spring pond sprinkle. Yi yi yi! lesson learned! I'm not going to let that happen this year. I saw my fist one today already. We had a mild winter and there's no doubt they'll be out early and extra thick this year.Again I will mention, if you still see a few mosquitos, that's going to happen no matter what you do... unless you plan to back a dump truck of mosquito bits up to your pond. That would be expensive. Don't do that. Just be diligent, use common sense and toss out a few sprinkles every few weeks. I generally go thru 2 bottles each season (when not extremely wet) and only one bottle a few summers ago when it was so dry. If they still bother you then turn to your neighbor's yard and see if you see any possible standing water.My faithful dog is still for paws on the ground and lapping it up on warm summer days and he's as healthy as a horse. I added a few pet store goldfish a few summers ago and two of them are as big as my forearm. I have bullfrogs that can wake the dead with their evening rawp and I have the damn squirrels that chewed through my internet cable and caused me a bunch of headache. Raccoons are in my trash, the rabbits are teasing the dog with their speed he no longer possess and I have these crawfish digging weird holes on the pond banks. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

I think it's working. So far, the mosquitoes seem to be less in the back yard. This is the first season I have tried to the Mosquito Magnet.

Works great. Traps mosquitoes and destroys them. We see a definite (and big) drop in the mosquito problem.

This works like a charm with our mosquito magnet. It lures those mosquitoes right to the mosquito magnet and traps them by the thousands. We live in the deep woods with a swamp across the street from our house. We could never sit out on our patio without bug repellent. We are now able to enjoy our patio repellent free. It is so nice to be able to sit outside without swatting mosquitoes.

Becoming difficult to find in stores, but we love our Mosquito Magnet and use it all summer. Good pricing online and convenient.

I live in the Florida Keys and run a mosquito Magnet 24/7. There is a huge difference when I don't have a fresh Octenol installed.

This product (Octenol) works with all models of the Mosquito Magnet and with many models of the SkeeterVac. I have found that it does seem to increase the catch rate of the night-biting mosquitoes over just using the CO2/heat/moisture of the MM/SV alone. However you'll need Lurex (Mosquito Magnet LUREX3N - Lurex3 Attractant, 3-Pack) for the daytime-biting Tiger mosquitoes so unless you have multiple traps around your yard (as I do) you'll need to pick & choose which type of mosquito is most prevalent in your area. (I read elsewhere that Tiger mosquitoes are actually repelled by Octenol so sadly you really do have to pick & choose one.)Oddly, on my SkeeterVac's TacTrap (SkeeterVac CPSX000021 TacTrap Replacements) I've discovered that other pests seem to prefer either Lurex or Octenol too. Flying cockroaches, for example, are most commonly trapped in my SkeeterVac TacTrap running Lurex, while horse flies and house flies seem to prefer getting stuck in the SkeeterVac TacTrap running Octenol. Gnats and no-see-ums get stuck both places and/or vacuumed up into the SV (Blue Rhino SV3100 SkeeterVac Mosquito Eliminator, 1-Acre Coverage) or MM (Mosquito Magnet MM4100 Patriot Mosquito Trap) fan/screen trap.

These actually worked. I didn't think they would but for the price I thought why not try it. Pleasantly surprised. Used it in my pond and several plant pots. Plenty left for next year

I tied some into cheesecloth to put into fountain and it works great.

I don't know why but every summer I'm plagued with mosquitoes coming from my potted plants - and here in AZ mosquitoes are pretty rare. The Mosquito Bits are great - I sprinkle a little in my potted plants and the big house planter out front every 3 weeks or so and problem solved!

Dissolved very quickly and worked as it should. The only problem is the packaging - it has a shaker lid but you can't really shake it and get the product to come out evenly - or even at all - as the pieces are irregular shaped and sized. This is a small complaint, though, compared to the complaining we would be doing if overrun with mosquitoes.

We keep a couple of watering holes on the property for the wildlife and use this to keep the mosquitos down. I can tell it's working because when I don't use it for a while I see the little black mosquito larvae swimming around, and then I use this and come back the next day, they are gone.To use, just sprinkle enough to loosely cover the surface of the water.

Have a rocky coastal property in the Pacific North West with lots puddles after a rainy spring. Used Mosquito bits for the little ones and dunks for the big ones starting in late March. There definitely seems to be an improvement in the number of mosquitoes this year compared with last. They haven't been eliminated completely but I can sit outside at sunset with a little bug spray and enjoy the sights which wasn't the case the year before. Could the weather be the reason? Possibly. Will continue with it and try again next year. For now at least, I'm happy with this product. Oh, and I have a dog who seems to suffer no ill effects from drinking puddles with Mosquito bits.

The mosquito magnet is a flawed invention, but the octenol is good

Too early to tell. Seems to be working.

We just have Nat's, so wasn't amazing like I had hoped. But worked good.

Great if you have a Mosquito Magnet and it is placed right in your yard.

Item as expected and a much better buy than purchasing at my local home improvement store. Will reorder again if price remains consistent.

When I ordered this product the picture and the desctiption was a 2 month bundle which includes three of each octenol, cartridge cleaner and replacement netting for mosquito defender. What I received was a 3 pack octenol. I contacted seller through amazon to return item. Since then they have changed the picture and description to just 3 pk octenol. Amazon resolved situation. Gatzies was disappointing. I felt that it was a scam getiing what I got and not what was described. The product is excellent. The company not so good.

Not really sure how effective it was for the gnats - still had them, but perhaps less??? Might work well for mosquitos.

I guess I expected fast results since the mosquitos have been very bad where we live because we didn't have a cold winter. The mosquitos have run us out of the yard and flower beds this year.

I guess I will see if I continue to get destroyed my mosquitoes when I go outside in my backyard.

Seems to be working to cut population of mosquitos although a bit early to really tell. I have used it in both wet and damp/turf areas as well as in standing water locations. Will be watching to see how long the bits will curtail growth. Do not want to be spreading it over entire property every week.

I had sitting water areas but not a pool, lake, fountain or bird bath. So I used it as extra reinforcement with the Mosquito barrier for the grass, Not so sure it had an effect. I would say to use only if you have the other things mentioned.

This product works great in controlling mosquito larvae, Another tool in my aggressive campaign in vector control. However, this is not a long last product, so you have to continually treat if you have standing water, or use the Dunks instead.

I couldn't tell if it worked or not. i still got bit a lot. I don't think I will buy anymore.

Works well to attract mosquitos the first week, then it quickly loses its effectiveness.

they help but aren't necessary and the wrong fit for our mosquito magnet

Competitor product may last longer. This one is good for a month.

Delivered as expected and product is as described, but nothing above and beyond my expectations.

I no longer catch as many mosquitoes as I did three of four years ago. The mosquitoes haven’t vacated my property I am just catching fewer of them.

ok used it in some stagnate water , didn't notice any more eggs hatching .

not sure I'm seeing much of a difference. I bought this to put between the bricks in the patio and the bases of the flower pots. They don't dissolve the way crumbled up Mosquito Dunks do. not sure - but I'll keep watching through the summer.

Does not do the job on gnats. It may work for standing water, but not as a yard cover for gnats.

never had good results with mosquito dunks or mosquito bits . I tried in ditches and low areas on farm. might be practical for a homeowner, did not work on large scale

I'm not convinced these did anything. Next time, I'll use real chemicals to take care of the mosquitoes.

I have several fountains and wanted to prevent mosquitos. The product works but prevents my fountains to work properly. I went back to the pucks

No sticky to stick them on bug zapper

Not sure how other mosquitoes react, but the ones here in Alaska are not attracted to this stuff at all!

Used it for a month. No results. I live in FL and mosquitos got into my home and bred in my house plants. I had to buy indoor bug zappers to control it. I bought this to kill the eggs. No success. My zapper was killing infant mostquits by the 40's daily. This did not stop the hatching at all. I tried a little to a lot and even waited weeks. I dumped out the water trays and added this dried, before watering my plants, the mostquitos came back! I ended up having to put all my house plants outside. Now I'm mosquito free :(

This product does not work. I put this in the area of my yard where there always are mosquitos and after a month I still have so many mosquitos. It's better to call an exterminator for mosquito treatment than to get this product.

Unfortunately I didnt see any improvement using this after weeks if use.

Used as instructed and really saw no discernible decrease in mosquitoes. Would not recommend and would not purchase again.

Did nothing to stop the mosquitoes in my pond.

When it get wet it smells bad, It didn't work for me.. and it destroyed all my yard I only have bad grass now.

Mosquito Magnet did not work although I used all their brand products and changed them every time I refilled the propane tank.

Used this with my Mosquito Magnet and after 6 weeks of use (using 1 package plus a whole bbq-size tank of propane every 3 weeks), I had only about 2 dozen mosquitoes in the trap. They were still feasting on us humans and sitting outside once evening approached was not possible. Very disappointed with the Mosquito Magnet overall (and it was expensive!).

This product must have been sitting around for a while on the shelf because when I opened it for use, there was hardly any smell to attract the mosquitoes.